Native Plant Week Events – April 16-23, 2011
In celebration of Native Plant Week, we at Tree of Life Nursery are ambitiously setting out to have at least one event a day and on some days two events. It’s going to be a great week to come out to the nursery to enjoy all of these FREE events and to get familiar with California Native Plants!
Weekend Activities: Saturday April 16th and Saturday April 23
Our kick-off will be on Saturday April 16, at 9 AM with the Grand Opening of our newly planted Butterfly Garden here at the nursery as well as a Butterfly Gardening talk by expert Bob Allen. Our Grand Finale on Saturday April 23, will be a “Native Cultures” event that is sure to be crowd pleasing. The event will be focused on the contemporary use of Native American foods implemented in our life style today – cooking demos and tastings using California native plants.
Weekday Events: Monday-Friday April 18-22
Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19 we are hosting “Wildflower Walks on the Richard and Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy (sign up required) at 8:30 AM. Wednesday-Friday at 10 AM, join us for a “Coffee Break with Native Plants”. Noon luncheon events will be held Monday through Thursday. Monday and Wednesday come enjoy “Luncheon with a Designer” and Tuesday and Thursday we present “Iron Designer” – where you can learn from two designers’ discussion!
Don’t miss out on this week of fun! Day by Day descriptions, times and more detail in the “Read More”
Please note: We will have NO EVENTS on Sunday April 17, as the nursery is closed. Also, we are only open until noon Friday, April 22 in observance of Good Friday.
Saturday, April 16, 2011- Native Plant Week Kick-Off – Butterflies!
9:00 AM – Talk about Gardening for Native Butterflies with Bob Allen followed by a tour of the newly planted Butterfly garden at Tree of Life Nursery.
Sunday, April 17, 2011 – No Events. Nursery Closed
Monday, April 18, 2011 – Morning Wildflower Walk, Luncheon Discussion with Pat Overby
8:30 AM – Wildflower Walk on the Richard and Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy (RSVP)
Join us for a hike on the Conservancy. Meet at Tree of Life Nursery at 8:30 AM to sign Conservancy Waivers and arrange carpool down the Ortega Hwy to the R&DOLC. These interpretive hikes will be led by Conservancy Staff each day. Children age minimum is 8 years old – trails will not accommodate strollers.
12 noon – Native Plant Q & A with Designer and Educator Pat Overby
Bring a sack lunch and come ready to ask your native plant questions. With decades of experience working with native plant design, Pat Overby welcomes your questions about design challenges and successes you may have had. Come ready to participate!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 – Morning Wildflower Walk, Iron Designer! San Diego Edition
8:30 AM – Wildflower Walk on the Richard and Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy (RSVP)
Join us for a hike on the Conservancy. Meet at Tree of Life Nursery at 8:30 AM to sign Conservancy Waivers and arrange carpool down the Ortega Hwy to the R&DOLC. These interpretive hikes will be led by Conservancy Staff each day. Children age minimum is 8 years old – trails will not accommodate strollers.
12 noon – Iron Designer! San Diego Edition – Morgan Vondrak and Jeremy Sison
Bring a sack lunch and come ready for a new and exciting event. The two designers we have selected both hail from San Diego and have been invited to participate. We will give them a design situation and a “secret ingredient”, (the featured plant of the day), that they will need to incorporate in a garden design. Then they will then be asked to explain the reasoning behind of their design choices to the audience. Come learn from the creativity of two designers!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 – Coffeebreak with Native Plants, Luncheon with a Designer
10:00 AM – Coffee Break with Native Plants
Come enjoy a cup of coffee with us and learn about the featured plant of the day. We will go over the plants’ characteristics and give design ideas.
12 noon – Luncheon with Native Plant Landscape Designer Orchid Black
Bring a sack lunch and come ready to soak up some valuable native plant design information. Orchid has worked in a variety of award winning projects and knows her natives and projects inside and out. We look forward to her presentation over lunch, as always, bring your questions!
Thursday, April 21, 2011 – Coffeebreak with Native Plants, Iron Designer! Orange County Edition
10:00 AM – Coffee Break with Native Plants
Come enjoy a cup of coffee with us and learn about the featured plant of the day. We will go over the plants’ characteristics and give design ideas.
12 noon – Iron Designer! Orange County Edition – Rob Moore and Rama Nayeri
Bring a sack lunch and come ready for a new and exciting event. The two designers we have selected both hail from Orange County and have been invited to participate. We will give them a design situation and a “secret ingredient”, (the featured plant of the day), that they will need to incorporate in a garden design. Then they will then be asked to explain the reasoning behind of their design choices to the audience. Come learn from the creativity of two designers!
Friday, April 22, 2011 – Coffeebreak with Native Plants, TOLN Open ½ Day – Closed at Noon
10:00 AM – Coffee Break with Native Plants
Come enjoy a cup of coffee with us and learn about the featured plant of the day. We will go over the plants’ characteristics and give design ideas.
12 noon – In Observance of Good Friday, Tree of Life Nursery will close at 12 noon.
Saturday, April 23, 2011 – Native Cultures – presentation by Abe Sanchez and friends
10:00 AM – 3:00 – Contemporary use of Native American Foods
Abe Sanchez with some help from members our local tribe here in San Juan Capistrano will demonstrate how to make some delicious treats using California native plants. He will also bring native basketry to demonstrate as well as some other Native American traditional items. Learn which plants you can use to make your own food in Native American style and tradition. A fun event that is not to be missed!
We hope to see you here! Happy Native Plant week!